I read and enjoyed reading (although not sure I agree with everything written there) this: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/152135/the-bard-of-capitalist-realism?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_media&utm_campaign=features about Sean Bonney. There’s a huge amount to think about. It’s also nice to see the word ‘antinomian’ used (…I think…) correctly, even though I don’t think it’s a very nice word. I remember reading it in an essay … More ‘antinomian’

I’ve had some nice feedback on the idea of an editing workshop – perhaps one or two a year at the Phil & Lit. I’ll put that as a suggestion to the powers that be in the world of the Phil & Lit. Look for it when the new brochure comes out for the term … More Performance Workshop

Dear all, there will be short (we hope) delay for the vinyl launch. If you follow the nightjrrs Facebook page you’ll probably be aware of it. Owing to personal circumstances, we can’t perform next week. So this means that the launch is delayed. We will be launching the vinyl at the Vinyl Cafe, just not … More Vinyl Launch Delay

Having been pleased by the response to ‘Disintegration Loops’, I’m posting up a link to a track from ‘Untrue’ by Burial. It’s a much-vaunted album – no rare thing. The rare thing is that is deserves this praise. Picking it out of the racks yesterday I was really pleased that I was still hearing new … More ‘Untrue’

 How many notes do you need to point toward truths, or to create emotional meaning? Possibly not many – as this piece shows. It seems trite to write about the piece itself: you have to discover it for yourself, I think. So do. Have you ever listened to the full thing? It’ll cost you nearly … More Disintegration Loops

This is a graph of what the river did yesterday. You can see how close the river got to a fairly critical point – i.e. the point it reached in 2015 when Warwick Road flooded in Carlisle. Anyone that owns a house on Warwick Road knows these things very well. I remember thinking about the … More After the Deluge

Here’s the poster design for the 12″ vinyl launch on the 22nd February – by Nicci Reed. I really like it: I hope you do, too. Not long to go (!). I’ll try to post up some of the practise recordings, so you get a flavour of what to expect from the hour’s set. It’ll … More Poster for 12″ Launch

This, then, for the weekend. I really like this written piece about small presses. I only noticed it because Uniform Books drew my attention towards it:  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2020/02/power-to-the-peoples-mimeo-machines-or-the-politicization-of-small-press-aesthetics. Pull up a chair, make a cup of tea. It’s worth it. After that, you might like this:

I found this by accident this morning, because I was looking for a good picture of the plate (which is a real object in the Museum of London) that is on the front cover. I know nothing about this, apart from that it’s really interesting and that I will be listening to it a lot … More ‘you and i are earth’

I saw this today and I thought it was an interesting read: https://leserpent.wordpress.com/2019/12/20/die-leere-mitte-issue-4/. Hope you find it interesting today, too. I won’t spoil any of it for you: the joy of ‘things’ is their partly discovery, surely. Also been listening to a lot of Blurt. It makes me happy. But it also makes me unsatisfied … More Die Leere Mitte / Blurt